Adobe Reader and Acrobat .PDF Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-2883
Advisory Date: SEP 09, 2010
DESCRIPTION
Stack-based buffer overflow in CoolType.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x before 9.4, and 8.x before 8.2.5 on Windows and Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF document with a long field in a Smart INdependent Glyphlets (SING) table in a TTF font, as exploited in the wild in September 2010. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
More information on the patches and workarounds are found in the following Adobe Web page:
Trend Micro clients using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) may refer to the table below for the pattern filter identifier(s):
| Vulnerability ID | Identifier & Title | IDF First Pattern Version | IDF First Pattern Release Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-2883 | 1004393 - Adobe Reader SING Table Parsing Vulnerability | 10-030 | Sep 21, 2010 |
| CVE-2010-2883 | 1004113 - Identified Malicious Adobe PDF Document | 10-030 | Sep 21, 2010 |
| CVE-2010-2883 | 1004315 - Identified Malicious Adobe PDF Document - 3 | 10-030 | Sep 21, 2010 |
SOLUTION
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.0.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.2.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.2.3
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.2.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.2.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.7
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.6
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.5
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.4
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0
- Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4
- Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3
- Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2
- Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1
- Adobe Acrobat 9.3
- Adobe Acrobat 9.2
- Adobe Acrobat 9.1.3
- Adobe Acrobat 9.1.2
- Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1
- Adobe Acrobat 9.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2
- Adobe Acrobat 8.2.1
- Adobe Acrobat 8.2
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.7
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.6
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.5
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.4
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